<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear Colleagues,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am writing to you as a member of the Council of the ISOC-DC chapter and as a petitioner for the current ISOC Board election. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><u class="">Background</u></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have filed a petition to be included on the election ballot for the ISOC Board of Trustees. My petition is listed on the ISOC Petitions page:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div> <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/petitions/" class="">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/petitions/</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My name on the Petitions page links to this page with the information I provided and my petition mailbox address:</div><div class=""><br class=""> <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/petitions/George-Sadowsky/" class="">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/petitions/George-Sadowsky/</a><br class=""><br class="">My petition signatures mailbox address is:</div><div class=""><br class=""> <a href="mailto:petition.candidate1@elists.isoc.org" class="">petition.candidate1@elists.isoc.org</a><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have filed for the Chapters Election. I need to receive at least nine (9) signature emails from ISOC Chapter voting delegates by the deadline, Friday, 28 February 2020 at 15:00 UTC, so that my name will be added to the candidate slate for the Chapters election. Only emails from ISOC Chapter voting delegates (usually the Chapter chair or president) will be valid for my petition, and these emails must:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div> 1. come directly from the Voting Delegate via his or her email address of record with ISOC;<br class=""> 2. include the name of the petition supporter’s Chapter, and;<br class=""> 3. include the name of the person whose petition is being supported (i.e. my name).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If I receive the required number of signatures from ISOC Chapter voting delegates in support of my petition by the deadline, we will notify you and add your name to the slate of candidates for the Chapters election.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><u class="">My request to you</u></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I write to ask you to read my statement on the site above and then, through your Chapter voting representative, support my petition to be on the ballot. This support, if successful, only puts my name on the ballot; the actual voting for the Trustee position comes later.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In my view, ISOC is in a crisis, largely self-inflicted by the manner in which it has moved to sell PIR to Ethos Capital. This crisis could turn out to be existential. Regardless of the outcome of the process leading to the sale or its retraction, ISOC will have lost significant trust of the membership and standing in the not-for-profit community. I believe that current crisis exists in part because the organization has lost some degree of fundamental contact and rapport with its membership. I am running for a seat on the Board in order to change that as best I can.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">ISOC will need help in picking up the pieces and re-establishing itself as best possible as a trusted member of the Internet ecosystem. It has been an important resource for the Internet ecosystem since its conception, and it is doing valuable work in several areas. My goal is to help it to preserve its legacy and to continue its work as best it can. I think that it would be a tragedy if the current crisis rendered it isolated and/or ineffective, and I believe that I have the history, experience and ability to help avoid that outcome.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I'm available to respond to questions that you might have regarding my statement or other views I have. There's more detail about me at <a href="http://georgesadowsky.org" class="">georgesadowsky.org</a>. I will be grateful for your support.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">George Sadowsky </div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="">
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